Analyzing A One Sided Beatdown: B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez
The numbers don’t lie and the truth of the matter is that Diego Sanchez found himself trapped in his own personal “Nightmare” this past Saturday evening at UFC 107 as the latest data retrieved from Fight Metric points directly to the facts to support what we all saw with our own eyes: A one sided demolition at the hands of UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn. Penn landed nineteen times... [Read More...]
Versus extension will include 2 live UFC events.
Versus announced today and multi-year extension with Zuffa, LLC. The deal solidifies the WEC will continue to be a staple on the cable network. As an added bonus to the deal, Versus has secured broadcast rights to two upcoming UFC live events in 2010. The move marks the first time a UFC event will broadcast outside of PPV or SPIKE TV. With the addition of the two live UFC events, Versus looks to... [Read More...]
Andrei Arlovski vs. Fabricio Werdum possible for Strikeforce
In what comes as two separated bits of news, according to Strikeforce heavyweight Fabricio Werdum his next fight will most likely come in either February or March of next year against a somewhat unlikely opponent. While former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski has not been announced as having officially signed with the organization, with the recent signing sweepstakes by Strikeforce that has... [Read More...]
Injury woes continue, Rory Markham out of UFC 108
And the hits just keep on coming…………it’s appears Rory Markham is the latest fighter to suffer injury and pull out of UFC 108. Markham was scheduled to fight Martin Kampman on the undercard on the January fight card. Markham was looking to rebound from a loss to Dan Hardy but he reportedly re-aggravated an Achilles tendon pull, further damage to the tendon could be significantly more serious... [Read More...]
Belcher, Johnson, Gouveia, and Grant earn 65K Fight Night Bonuses
The Ultimate Fighting Championship have issued their fight night bonuses for UFC:107 Penn vs. Sanchez. On this night it would be a quartet of undercard fighters who would walk away 65 thousand dollars richer for their efforts. Submission of the Night went to TUF runner up DaMarques Johnson for his Triangle Choke submission of Edgar Garcia. Johnson who was caught in a choke early on came back... [Read More...]
Random Thoughts: UFC 107 Edition
Another UFC ( 107 to be exact) is in the books, the card over performed by many people’s standards. This fight card was good for a number of reasons, not least of which is solid finishes. Overall I must say Zuffa was able to come though with a great card that answered a lot of questions, and created many more. Below are my top 5 thoughts from UFC 107. 5. Proper boxing dominates. In both... [Read More...]
B.J. Penn cements his legacy with one sided beating of Diego Sanchez at UFC 107
Joe Rogan couldn’t have put it any better when he described B.J. Penn as “The greatest lightweight in the history of the sport” following the UFC 155 pound champion’s recent thorough dismantlement of Diego Sanchez that capped of UFC 107. The fight was in danger of ending in the opening moments as Penn blasted Sanchez with a hard right hand as the challenger rushed in, dropping... [Read More...]
Frank Mir chokes out Cheick Kongo at UFC 107
In one of the most impressive performances of his decorated career, former UFC champion Frank Mir displayed to the world exactly how serious he truly is about regaining the title he once held not that long ago, as he absolutely dismantled Cheick Kongo in every area when it was all said and done during their meeting at UFC 107. The two heavyweights began sizing one another up before Kongo began to attempt... [Read More...]
Belcher TKO’s Gouveia, Grant levels Burns & Palhares taps Linhares during UFC 107 prelims
Beatdowns and submissions highlighted the preliminary portion of UFC 107, as four of the six scheduled bouts ended violently. Alan Belcher and Wilson Gouveia played rock’em sock’em robots for a good chunk of their catchweight brawl before it was Belcher that capitalized with a series of hooks and a big uppercut that put the ATT fighter on the canvas, and a few more well placed punches provided... [Read More...]
UFC 107 Live Results & Updates
Once again it’s on and of course FiveOuncesofPain.com will be here all night to keep you up to date with all of the latest breaking live results and updates from UFC 107 taking place this very evening. The prelims are set to kick off right around 7 pm ET (4 pm PT), with the live televised portion of the event beginning at 10 pm ET on the dot and all of the action taking place from the FedEx Forum... [Read More...]
James Toney Coming To The UFC?
There looks like there may be a chance that we may have a respected boxing champion entering the Octagon a little sooner than many had previously expected. James “Lights Out” Toney is flat out one of the most gifted fighters ever to walk the planet earth, and even that may be an understatement. Toney is among five men in the history of the world that can lay legit claim to being a sextuple... [Read More...]
The Calm Before The Storm: UFC 107
Right off the bat I’d like to point out that we got shorted in this one due to the recent series of injuries that has been sweeping through the UFC like a 2012 tsunami. This card is solid, no doubt about it, but it had the potential to be so much more. Two fights we lost out on tonight due to injuries that I was personally extremely excited for were Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves in a rematch, and... [Read More...]
5 Oz.’ Cory Brady & Clay Guida on Rear Naked Radio LIVE TONIGHT 6-8 pm ET (5-7 pm CT)
FiveOuncesofPain.com’s managing editor Cory Brady will be appearing this evening on the tremendously popular mixed martial arts radio show, Rear Naked Radio. Also appearing on this evening’s broadcast will be none other than Clay “The Carpenter” Guida, as he discusses his thoughts on this evening’s clash with Kenny Florian. We will be covering a roundtable of MMA news from... [Read More...]
Trading Punches: UFC 107 Preview & Predictions; The Main Card
Come along with the FiveOuncesofPain crew as managing editor Cory Brady verbally dukes it out with the always opinionated David Andrest over this Saturday evening’s UFC 107 card. UFC 107 is set for Saturday evening, December 12, 2009 at The FedEx Forum in Memphis Tennesse, airing live on Pay Per View. Headlining the card will be a lightweight championship clash between B.J. Penn and Diego Sanchez,... [Read More...]
Pudzian’s MMA Debut: Mariusz Pudzianowski vs. Marcin Najman (Video)
As anticipated, 5X World Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski recently made his professional fighting debut in Warsaw, Poland as the headliner for KSW 12. Capturing the Worlds Strongest Man honors on a record setting five occasions during the years of 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2008, Pudzianowski is also commonly referred to as Pudzian, Super Mario, Dominator and the Big Python. The massively proportioned... [Read More...]
Matt Hughes vs. Renzo Gracie to fight in Abu Dhabi UFC event
After the UFC 107 press conference held Thursday, UFC president Dana White hinted at a possible match-up between Matt Hughes and Renzo Gracie, coming soon. Shortly thereafter, Hughes confirmed on his website that the fight would happen. He posted: I didn’t know if I could say anything about my next fight, but I see that Dana has let the cat out of the bag. So I can tell you what I know, on April... [Read More...]
UFC 107 Weigh-In Results; Frank Mir comes in at a beefed up 264.5 pounds
One fighter missed weight and Frank Mir came in looking beefier than ever before during the weigh-ins for UFC 107, which is set to go down tomorrow evening from Las Vegas, airing live on Pay Per View. Edgar Garcia came in at 173 pounds for his scheduled welterweight clash against DaMarques Johnson, but has been given additional time to make the weight. Make sure to check back at 5 Oz. in the coming... [Read More...]
Rashad Evans: ‘I don’t have time to worry about Rampage’
Lost in the shuffle of Quinton Jackson’s recent announcement regarding his return to the UFC has been newfound nemesis Rashad Evans’ opinion on the situation. While “Rampage” made it clear his motivation in coming back to the Octagon after a brief retirement related in part to his desire to “shut Rashad’s mouth up”, his TUF 10 coaching rival took a less aggressive route when responding... [Read More...]
Injury Woes Continue: Griffin out, Sherk in against Jim Miller at UFC 108
Joe Silva is up against it once again as Tyson Griffin has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled fight with Jim Miller at UFC 108. Griffin is reported to have an injury of an undisclosed nature. The UFC and its athletes have had a bad run of luck lately as numerous fights have been canceled, rescheduled and shuffled around due to injury. Just mere hours after learning of Griffin’s injury,... [Read More...]
All fighters tested come back clean during UFC 106 drug testing
All of the athletes that were tested for any banned substances during UFC 106 have come back clean. FiveOuncesofPain.com recently obtained the list of fighters that passed the testing with flying colors from Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer. The athletes tested were as follows: Tito Ortiz, Forrest Griffin, Josh Koscheck, Anthony Johnson, Amir Sadollah, Phil Baroni, Antonio... [Read More...]
